Garlic Butter Sauce - Some Recipes for How to Make it

Posted by Katelyn Willoughby / garlicshaker.com
on
January 10, 2018

For each one of the garlic butter sauce recipes below you will want to use the freshest garlic you can find. Buy organic if you possibly can do so. This will ensure it is free of pesticides and chemicals. For peeling garlic you should open your Garlic Shaker®. Toss an in a handful of garlic cloves. Close the lids. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Open a lid. Pour out the peeled garlic cloves. They will be fresh and ready to use immediately.

Garlic butter sauce will bring a
smile to everyone’s face! With a delicate, sweet flavor and a fine, highly
pleasing aroma, butter is instrumental in many recipes and is a feature in most
kitchens. Rich, buttery sauces rank among America’s favorite, poured over pasta or
drizzled onto cooked vegetables. It is really quite amazing on lots of dishes. We like it with lobster too.

What’s even better than butter by
itself? We think garlic butter sauce! This exquisite combination is a delight
to the palette
and good for your health (we
explain below), delicious paired with meats or mixed with starches. You might
be reading and thinking, “Wait a second. Isn’t butter bad for you?” Not really.
Let us explain.

If you’re like us you grew up hearing
from Mom or Dad that butter was terrible for you. Large tubs of margarine like
Country Crock had a permanent place on the refrigerator shelf. The delicious,
creamy yellow sticks only appeared during “special occasions” and were
carefully regulated or used in moderation. Lucky for us, the margarine fad
started to fade as the whole food, organic narrative picked up steam among
consumers in the early 2000’s. Suddenly Mom and Dad didn’t see a healthy
alternative spread for daily use, but a toxic and processed tub of chemicals.
And science agrees: margarine is fake, fake, fake. It doesn't taste good either in our opinion. Avoid margarine and us the real thing! You won't regret it.

Fast forward to today and the
consensus is that butter (especially butter derived from grass-fed cows) is
actually good for us. This does
not mean that
you should be consuming cups of the delicious dairy every day. Like you’ve
heard a thousand times, a balanced diet that contains healthy fats is
recommended — and some of the most healthy fats can be found in…you guessed
it…butter! So GO BIG with the garlic butter.

Here’s why butter is actually
better:

1. It's heart healthy. This may read as counter-intuitive, as we were told for years to
avoid or eliminate foods high in saturated fat. However, more recent studies
(even one conducted by the American Heart Association) show that there is no
link between consumption of saturated fat and heart disease. To be fair, there
are others who are no so convinced. What we do know is that saturated fats
raise HDL (the good) cholesterol, which makes all hearts happy.

2.Butter is filled with some awesome fatty acids
and vitamins.
Vitamin A, D, E, K2, beta-carotene and other
nutritious wonders fill this wonderful food. Many vitamins are fat soluble, so
butter is the perfect carrier (because, well, butter is fatty!). As a result, the
vitamins founds in butter are more easily digested and absorbed. Even more
exciting: butter is high in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a specific type of
fatty acid. Researchers are increasingly finding that CLA helps to prevent
against cancer (especially breast cancer). That’s good for everybody!

3.Butter won’t turn you into a butterball. The
nutrition authorities often recommend we choose low-fat dairy products. That
way, we can get the calcium we need without all those “bad” fats and calories.
But despite the higher calorie content, eating high-fat dairy products is NOT
associated with obesity. In fact, new research has examined the effects of
high-fat dairy consumption on obesity, cardiovascular disease and other
metabolic disorders. The verdict? There’s no correlation!

4. Your belly loves
butter.
Butterfat contains glycospingolipids,
a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastro-intestinal
infection, especially in the very young and the elderly. For this reason,
children who drink skim milk have diarrhea at rates three to five times greater
than children who drink whole milk (yikes!). Cholesterol in butterfat promotes
health of the intestinal wall and protects against cancer of the colon. Short
and medium chain fatty acids protect against pathogens and have strong
anti-fungal effects. Thus, butter has an important role to play in the
treatment of candida overgrowth (when there’s too much yeast in your gut!).

This only begins to scratch the
surface. When you combine butter and garlic to create garlic butter sauce, you
only intensify the health benefitsof both the garlic and the butter. Known to some as the stinking rose, garlic
is used by many cuisines around the world to add flavor to food. It's also been
used as a natural medicinal ingredient for centuries, both in its fresh plant
form and as a supplement. Aside from the fact that it's delicious, why add
garlic to your dishes? Research shows that garlic is responsible for
lipid-lowering, anti-blood coagulation, anti-hypertension, anti-cancer,
antioxidant and anti-microbial effects…the list goes on! Garlic is so healthy.

With their unique combination of
flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, allium vegetables—such as
garlic—belong in your diet on a regular basis. There's research evidence for
including at least one serving of an allium vegetable—such as garlic—in your
meal plan every day. If you're choosing garlic as your allium family vegetable,
try to include at least 1/2 clove in your individual food portion. If you're
preparing a recipe, we recommend at least 1-2 cloves, but we like to use a lot more because we love the stuff. You can't use too much garlic! We've tried and all it did was make it taste better.

As
always, we celebrate the unique flavor of garlic. It is guaranteed to transform
any meal into a bold, aromatic and healthy culinary experience. Garlic and
butter combine to make a delicious and satisfying sauce with a lot of
versatility. We recommend you drizzle it on meat (it is especially delicious on
seafood), vegetables, and bread, or use in potato or gravy recipes. Below is an
easy recipe for garlic butter sauce that you can whip up in as little as 6
minutes. Remember - you’ll want to grab fresh garlic for the most health
benefits, as well as high quality butter (grade AA or A) from grass-fed cows. We also highly recommend you use organic garlic whenever possible. Organic garlic has no pesticides or chemicals and just tastes damn good. Happy cooking!

Here are three garlic butter sauce recipes to get the party
started!

1) Yummy and Easy Garlic
Butter Sauce

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons
chopped garlic

1 cup chicken broth

1⁄2 lb butter, cold
and cubed

2 tablespoons
parsley

Directions:

In a small saucepan, over
medium heat, combine the garlic and broth.

Bring to a boil and reduce by
half.

Whisk in the butter, 1 cube at
a time, until all of the butter is incorporated and the sauce coats the back of
a spoon.

Add the parsley and mix well.

Number of Servings: 4

2) Garlic Butter and Cream
Sauce

If you prefer a creamier taste this
one’s for you! Make your movie nights yummier with this easy garlic butter
cream sauce recipe. Pair it with chips, fondue or fries! The possibilities are
endless for dipping pleasures. It’s rich and delicious. Just the right amount
of decadence for the discerning palette.

Ingredients:

½ cup of water

1 bulb of fresh garlic

2 cups of heavy cream and butter

1 tablespoon of parsley

Table salt

Ground black pepper

Cooking Instructions:

Pour the water into a medium-sized
saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat.

Remove the garlic skin and finely
mince.

Add the garlic to the boiling water
and reduce the liquid for about 5 minutes, or until almost evaporated.

Wash and finely chop the parsley.

Pour the heavy cream and parsley,
sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Stir the mixture constantly.

Cook for about 3 minutes or until the
sauce thickens, remove from heat and transfer to a serving bowl. Let the creamy
garlic sauce cool and serve.

Number of Servings: Good for 4 servings of garlic butter cream sauce.

3) Garlic butter

You don’t need those fancy pricey
spreads if you prefer a more simple flavoring style. You’ve got everything you
need in a no-frills home-made garlic butter recipe. It is perfect as spread or
dip your seafood in garlic butter sauce tonight! Garlic butter can be used for
virtually every dish you make. We simply can’t get enough of it. We hope you
feel the same way too.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter

4 bulbs of fresh garlic

Table salt

Ground black pepper

Preparation Instructions:

Place garlic bulbs in a food
processor and blend until desired texture is achieved.

Add butter and season with salt and
pepper as desired. If you like other seasonings feel free to toss them in. Be
creative as you like. We don’t mind! We like a little cayenne pepper for that
extra punch.

Pulse ingredients until texture is as
desired.

Scrape the mixture out of the food
processor.

Transfer garlic butter to a serving
dish or container.

Serve cold or hot! It’s your choice. We like it hot! But that's just us. Do it your way.

Number of Servings: It really
depends on how you use it! Be we say go big.

We really hope you and your family
love these recipes when you try them! We know that we do.